Fred continued to type on the computer as she looked at the others. Mark started to pace around, dragging Jennifer with him. She could tell Teyla was trying to get to him but every time she made a move, Mark would turn around. Fred was starting to wonder if they were going to get out of this.
Suddenly, Carter jerked a little and hit her earpiece. "John? We--." But before she could finish her question, Mark knocked her to the floor and grabbed the earpiece from her.
"Colonel Sheppard...I see Jacob hasn't lived up to his part of the bargain yet. That's too bad. It's also too bad that your bitch of a wife isn't helping me. All I need are two crystals but all of them have decided to play hero. Well, I suppose the best way to show I'm serious is to kill your wife and unborn child, now isn't it." Mark raised his gun and Fred found herself ducking. He fired off two shots, both missing by a mile. He then smiled. "I'll make sure to throw her body out for you to find it, Sheppard. Now get your ass back here with Doctor McKay or I'll start killing the others."
Before Fred could react, Mark had thrown the earpiece on the floor and stepped on it. She looked at him in disbelief and shook her head. "How could you?! How could you do that to him?! What in the hell is your problem? How could you make John think you'd killed me and our child?" she asked as angry tears rolled down her face.
"Does it matter? Jacob is going to kill him. Just like I had Bobby Jones kill your parents," Mark said.
"What?"
Mark let out a small laugh. "You remember Bobby Jones, don't you? He hated you as much as I did. I never did love you, Fred. Being with you made me sick. I was only using you for your knowledge. You would discover things and I would steal them. When I no longer had a use for you, I left. I was really hoping you'd run back to Texas but you didn't so I hired Bobby to cut the brakes on your parents' car and then call them, saying you'd been in a nasty accident. Why do you think they were driving toward the airport so late at night?"
As Mark's words hit her, Fred felt as if her world had been turned over. He had killed her parents and their marriage was fake. She felt physically ill and when she saw the gun sitting under one of the work stations, she went to grab it but stopped when Teyla suddenly lunged at Mark. The force of the attack knocked Jennifer to the ground and soon Teyla had the upper hand and was pointing her own gun at Mark's head.
"The lab's unlocked," Carter said as she pulled away from the computer. "Operations, tell Colonel Sheppard we're all clear here."